Glasgow to Connel Ferry

Great British Railway Journeys Season 10 Episode 10

Overview:
Michael Portillo falls into line with the University of Glasgow’s Officer Training Corps. Founded in the early 20th century, the Corps flourishes today and Michaels joins students for drill. From Glasgow, Michael heads west along the Firth of Clyde to Helensburgh, where he discovers a pioneering group of artists known as the Glasgow Boys. The idyllic West Highland Line takes Michael deep into the Highlands to Inveraray and the ancestral home of the Clan Campbell and the Dukes of Argyll. Here, he discovers an unconventional royal marriage between Queen Victoria’s spirited daughter, Princess Louise, and a commoner, the Marquess of Lorne, later the 9th Duke of Argyll. Michael’s final stop is Connel Ferry, near Oban, where, on the Achnacloich Estate, he discovers Lily, a pedigree Highland calf. Michael learns how Lily’s herd has been owned continuously by the Nelson family since 1901 and hears how the breed has become an icon of the Highlands.

Genre : Documentary

Actors : Michael Portillo

Release Date : 2019-02-15

Duration : 30 menit

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Other Episodes (Season 10)

Warrington to Preston
1. Warrington to Preston
Blackburn to Manchester
2. Blackburn to Manchester
Manchester to Elsecar
3. Manchester to Elsecar
Maltby to Hinckley
4. Maltby to Hinckley
Birmingham to the Potteries
5. Birmingham to the Potteries
Newry to Portadown
6. Newry to Portadown
Belfast to Portrush
7. Belfast to Portrush
Larne to Dumfries
8. Larne to Dumfries
Glasgow to Cumbrae
9. Glasgow to Cumbrae
Glasgow to Connel Ferry
10. Glasgow to Connel Ferry
Warwick to Radley
11. Warwick to Radley
Reading to Cookham
12. Reading to Cookham
Ealing Broadway to South Kensington
13. Ealing Broadway to South Kensington
Piccadilly Circus to Gravesend
14. Piccadilly Circus to Gravesend
East Malling to Rye
15. East Malling to Rye


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